Our Speakers

Our speakers are comprised of thought leaders and innovators from all areas of the Legal Tech Community.

Florian Glatz
Blockchain Lawyer, Head of the Legal Tech Center

Florian Glatz works as a lawyer, software developer and entrepreneur in the area of Blockchain. He is co-founder of the Legal Tech Center and president of the Blockchain Bundesverband. As a lawyer, he advises Blockchain start-ups on all aspects of Initial Coin Offering. As a developer he focuses on innovative applications of the Blockchain in law and finance.

Florian Glatz
Blockchain Lawyer, Head of the Legal Tech Center
Stephan Breidenbach
Co-founder of the Legal Tech Center Viadrina, Professor of Civil Law

Prof. Dr. Stephan Breidenbach is a visionary and pioneer of the legal tech movement. He works as a university lecturer, mediator and entrepreneur. He holds the Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and International Business Law at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), is Professor of Business Mediation at the University of Vienna and co-founder and head of the Legal Tech Center.

Stephan Breidenbach
Co-founder of the Legal Tech Center Viadrina, Professor of Civil Law
Andrea Thilo
Moderator

Andrea Thilo is a journalist, presenter and trainer. In addition to her communication studies at the UdK Berlin, she worked as assistant director for radio features; she was a trainee at NDR, where she worked as an editor and moderated ``liebe sünde`` on Pro7. Since 1995 she has worked as a freelance journalist, from 1999-2010 as a documentary film producer with her own company Boomtownmedia. In 2005 she and her partners grube & dierks received the German Film Award for the production of the successful movie ``Rhythm is it! Her presentation focuses on cultural mediation and digital transformation, diversity and sustainability.

Andrea Thilo
Moderator
Reka Solymosi
University of Manchester and Software Sustainability Institute

Dr. Reka Solymosi is a lecturer at the University of Manchester and the Software Sustainability Institute.

Reka Solymosi
University of Manchester and Software Sustainability Institute
Max Neufeind
Policy Advisor

Max Neufeind is Max Neufeind, Policy Fellow of the Berlin think tank Das Progressive Zentrum, member of Think Tank 30, the young think tank of the Club of Rome, ``Top 40 under 40`` in the field of ``Administration and Society`` in 2016 and 2017, and involved in numerous initiatives and dialogue processes on the future of work and the welfare state.

Max Neufeind
Policy Advisor
Ulrich Schellenberg
President of DAV

RAuN Ulrich Schellenberg is the President of DAV.

Ulrich Schellenberg
President of DAV
Robin Matzke
Scientific advisor to the German Bundestag

Robin Matzke is a lawyer and doctoral student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is a scientific advisor to the German Bundestag on current issues of digitisation in the legal field and advises on legal issues in various DLT-related projects.

Robin Matzke
Scientific advisor to the German Bundestag
Astrid Kohlmeier
Legal Design Consultant

Astrid Kohlmeier has been a lawyer and designer for over 15 years and works at the interface of law and design.

Astrid Kohlmeier
Legal Design Consultant
Lilian Breidenbach
Co-founder of Legal OS

Lilian Breidenbach is co-founder and managing director of Legal OS. She is a software developer and trained anthropologist.

Lilian Breidenbach
Co-founder of Legal OS
Elena Grebe
Associate AEQUIFIN

Elena Grebe is VP at AEQUIFIN

Elena Grebe
Associate AEQUIFIN
Philipp Caba
CEO GDR

Philipp Caba, is Managing Director of the Society for the Digitization of Law ( GDR)

Philipp Caba
CEO GDR
Dalia Moniat
Expert for Design Thinking

Dalia Moniat studies law at the University of Hamburg and is a founding member of the Hamburg Chapter of Legal Hackers.

Dalia Moniat
Expert for Design Thinking
Kai Wagner
Business Developer at Jolocom

Kai Wagner works for Jolocom in Berlin and is an active member of the Blockchain Bundesverband. He is convinced that we have to regain control over our personal data in order to continue living in a free and democratic society. Decentralized technologies like Blockchain are for him a central element to enable a democratic and sustainable future technically and economically.

Kai Wagner
Business Developer at Jolocom
Anna Ronkainen
Legal Tech Entrepreneur

Anna Ronkainen, Legal Tech Investor, AI & Law researcher, former Chief Scientist at TrademarkNow

Anna Ronkainen
Legal Tech Entrepreneur
Peter Scherer
Lawyer, Partner at GSK Stockmann

Peter Scherer is a lawyer at GSK Stockmann.

Peter Scherer
Lawyer, Partner at GSK Stockmann
Kathrin Müller
Lawyer, Associate at GSK Stockmann

Kathrin Müller is a lawyer at GSK Stockmann.

Kathrin Müller
Lawyer, Associate at GSK Stockmann
Daniel Halmer
Founder & CEO of wenigermiete.de

Dr. Daniel Halmer is attorney-at-law and founder & CEO of wenigermiete.de.

Daniel Halmer
Founder & CEO of wenigermiete.de
Dr. Alexander Steinbrecher, LL.M.
Head of Group Legal Affairs BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION

Dr. Alexander Steinbrecher, LL.M. is a lawyer and Head of Group Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Legal Affairs at Bombardier Transportation in Berlin. The Legal 500’s General Counsel Powerlist recognizes him as one of the most influential and innovative in-house counsel in Germany. Alexander is interested in legal tech for a simple reason: legal tech can support legal teams in focusing on their key objective, namely providing added-value to the business.

Dr. Alexander Steinbrecher, LL.M.
Head of Group Legal Affairs BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION
André Eggert
Legal Architect of Neufund

André Eggert is Legal Architect of Neufund and partner at LACORE.

André Eggert
Legal Architect of Neufund
Michael Grupp
Founder & CEO of BRYTER

Michael Grupp is the founder & CEO of BRYTER.

Michael Grupp
Founder & CEO of BRYTER
Daniel Bögeholz
Attorney at Law, lindenpartners

Daniel Bögeholz advises clients on questions of banking and capital market law, securities law and corporate law.

Daniel Bögeholz
Attorney at Law, lindenpartners
Zoe Andreae
CEO of LECARE

Zoe Andreae is the CEO of LECARE - legal management software for legal departments. She was awarded Woman of Legal Tech 2018 and is a founding member of the Hamburg chapter of Legal Hackers. Besides, Zoe Andreae studies Corporate Innovation at Stanford University.

Zoe Andreae
CEO of LECARE
Heiko Schaefer
Attorney at Law, BBL

Heiko Schaefer has been working in the field of insolvency administration and restructuring for 20 years. He is regularly appointed insolvency administrator at the local courts of Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as in Berlin. He specialises in the continuation of business within the framework of complex insolvency proceedings and advises national and international clients in the area of distressed M&A, insolvencies and insolvency-related matters. A further focus of his work lies in advising corporate bodies in self-administration proceedings under the ESUG. Heiko Schaefer is particularly interested in legal issues relating to Blockchain & Smart Contracts.

Heiko Schaefer
Attorney at Law, BBL
Markus Drenger
Advisor at B90/Die Grünen

Markus Drenger is a digital policy advisor at B90/Die Grünen

Markus Drenger
Advisor at B90/Die Grünen
Clemens Koós
signals Venture Capital

Clemens is an investment manager at signals Venture Capital and attorney at law with a specialization in venture capital. He works with portfolio companies like FinLeap and Go Flash and focuses on digital health, mobility and financial services. His passion is Legal Tech and he is a longtime supporter of his home football club, HSV.

Clemens Koós
signals Venture Capital
Nicolás Della Penna
Economist and AI expert, MIT

Nicolás “nikete” Della Penna is a machine learning researcher focused on collective cognition. Currently leads a boutique consultancy, Amurado Research OU, and works on applications on social media, biomedicine, and finance. He is a research affiliate of the Laboratory for Computational Physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Previously he wrote a PhD thesis at the Australian National University on the design of learning systems for decisions that account for individual freedom.

Nicolás Della Penna
Economist and AI expert, MIT
Charlotte Kufus
Co-Founder Legal OS

Charlotte Kufus is co-founder and managing director of Legal OS.

Charlotte Kufus
Co-Founder Legal OS
Yoko Spirig
Co-Founder and CPO at Ledgy

Yoko is the Co-Founder and CPO at Ledgy.

Yoko Spirig
Co-Founder and CPO at Ledgy
Tianyu Yuan
Founder & CEO of LEX superior

Tianyu has a background in robotics and law. He worked as a lawyer for a leading international law firm in Frankfurt and London. In 2016 he founded the Legal Tech Startup LEX superior, which is dedicated to the digitization of legal education. In addition, he researches automation in subsumption at the University of Heidelberg and was a visiting researcher at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Tianyu Yuan
Founder & CEO of LEX superior
Lisa M. Rühmann
User Interaction Designer at Mazars

Lisa M. Rühmann works as a User Interaction Designer at Mazars. She is looking forward to creating new interactions with the users and to driving digitalization forward in a user-centric way.

Lisa M. Rühmann
User Interaction Designer at Mazars
Eva Frerich
Business & Service Designer at Mazars

Eva Frerich is a Business & Service Designer at Mazars. She focuses on the development of user-centric innovations and wants to make the opportunities offered by today's technologies tangible.

Eva Frerich
Business & Service Designer at Mazars